Yorktown - British Surrender 225th Anniversary

http://www.lionheart-filmworks.com short clip from the 225th (2006) anniversary re-enactment DVD of the Siege and Surrender of Yorktown, October 1781.

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[cookiemonster9052]

@knut761 Well 1., you're generalizing and stereotyping. Unless you've been to the United States, you have no background proof for what you've just said. I'm American and I certainly can stand the English. I show no hate towards England as well as it's country, UK.  Though, I greatly agree with you on your last statement of being taught lies at school. Luckily, I got out of that at an early age and moved to Europe, getting a real education. So no, not all of us are ignorant.

[charly403]

The siege of Yorktown is also known in German historiography as "the German battle", because Germans played significant roles in all three armies, accounting for roughly one third of all forces involved. According to one estimate more than 2,500 German soldiers served at Yorktown with each of the British and French armies, and more than 3,000 German-Americans were in Washington's army.

[GershomMontana2006]

Great video, it makes me laugh that the Canadians still love to give us grief about the most solid, most lasting country in the history of the world. Many an Empire came and went between 1783 and today but the USA remains, with her Constitution largely intact and her freedoms largely intact. (although it is under attack by the usual suspects)

[MRAIRTIME112]

@teckman3 With All due respect sir, in 1812 the first lady took the painting of washington. So before you insult us, get your facts straight.

[BigWilki123321]

@Robineux99 Ok, I take your point onboard, have a nice day.

[Robineux99]

@BigWilki123321

"If the colonies were so "sucked dry" as you say, would those countries of reached the prosperity they have today?

Not if the brits hadn't been kicked out quickly like it happened.

"Me saying Iraq's oil belongs to the iraqi's in a sarcastic way

Funny in a previous post you were defending the right of colonial powers to take the ressources of conquered countries and now your comment is sarcasm

Oh and btw..I am not american I just see things how they were.

[BigWilki123321]

@Robineux99 Me saying Iraq's oil belongs to the iraqi's in a sarcastic way, suggests that we all know the oil wont be under the control of normal iraqi's, people fight for things in life this shouldn't be news to you, and GAWD my shirt is on, its one thing to be proud of your country, as you should be, but not if it comes at the expense of my own. If the colonies were so "sucked dry" as you say, would those countries of reached the prosperity they have today?

[BigWilki123321]

@Robineux99 lol I it's funny how some americans start off by saying ".......but hey I like England, I like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones" like they're our only 2 achievements. I don't need you to correct my grammer, as long as you recognise my point, that will do. Ivan the Terrible would throw babies up in the air and catch them on his sword, Vlad the impaler would impale people through their anus while they were still alive, history is full of evil behavior.

[Robineux99]

@BigWilki123321

Gawd Keep your shirt on. The matter of the fact is while the french were in for the profit just like the british empire, they never resorted to cheap tactics like deportation or ethnic cleansing with mmm..let's say smallpox blankets. Listen I don't have anything against the England..you know..I like the Beatles..and the Rolling Stones... but what the ancestors did and the way they did it...rascals. All the colonies weren't "maintained" but sucked dry...

[Robineux99]

@BigWilki123321

Irak's oil should be theirs...the fact that you believe otherwise is just proof of your deep deep stupidity. Also if you don't care about my age why are you saying "young man"? And if history had taken a different turn? what turn? history is not made of "would". Also it's "if you weren't" not "if you "wasnt". Fuck the french? only the french? You should add the scotts, the Irish, american natives, acadians, americans.